BLOG CONSOLIDATION

Hey guys, I've decided to only try to keep track of one blog, instead of the apparently impossible task of keeping two up at the same time. I'll only be posting things on my other blog, chubbymix. I'll be re-posting a lot of this material over there for my friends that only look at that one and never really bothered with this one... So please excuse the massive redundancies.

-INTERNET ISSUES-

I've been slacking on uploading things due to a few internet connectivity issues. I hope to be able to get the updates going again on a more regular basis sometime soon. Until then, just check out the links on the side, they've all got great stuff for you to listen to.

Man Is The Bastard - Mancruel

Man Is The Bastard
"Mancruel" (2000)
Power Violence / Sludge / Noise
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Track List:
1. Atomic Clock
2. Gourmet Pez
3. Eunch (Reprise)
4. Me And Hitler
5. Feed The Octopus
6. Blinds
7. Foot Binding
8. Center Piece
9. Idget Child
10. Kai Lai
11. Son Of Thug
12. Infibulation
13. Man Is The Bastard
14. She Boar
15. Dahmer's Funeral

Here we have another release by legendary Man Is The Bastard! This comp features tracks recorded in '92, '93, and some unreleased stuff. The tracks have been remastered to kick your ears in... This is probably my favorite MITB release, despite Power Electronics not really being my cup of tea. Either way, prepare to be pulverized.

Crucial Unit - Moshzilla

Crucial Unit
"Moshzilla" (2001)
Fastcore / Crossover
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Track List:
1. Teabag God
2. Rice Traitor
3. Usable Buildings
4. Change Time
5. Blatantly Obvious Political Song
6. Columbust Fest Is A Celebration Of Genocide
7. Wigout At Kinkos
8. End Result Of Drinking Too Much Iced Tea
9. Bonus Track
10. Sneakers
11. Freegan Reich

Here we've got my favorite Crucial Unit release! Since I didn't introduce them before, Crucial Unit is a guitarshredding Metal-loving Fastcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their albums are peppered with well-placed blast beats, some yell-alongs, and crossover flavor that get your head bobbing. The album is full of hilarious, though sometimes serious, lyrical content with enough speed to satisfy that no-toothed amphetamine head that lives under the bridge. So invite him over, slip the record on, and prepare to be robbed blind while trying to find the right speed to headbang to the crossover riffs and time changes.

Mind Eraser - Glacial Reign

Mind Eraser
"Glacial Reign" (2006)
Power Violence / Grindcore
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Track List:
1. Abuse Excuse
2. Manhood
3. Coping Methods
4. Equation
5. Full Spectral Dominance
6. Schizophrenia
7. Yesman
8. Wrote Off
9. Shutting Down
10. Deviant Sadistic
11. Time Served (And What You Leave Behind)
12. Juggling Anxieties

As promised, here is the next installment of the Mind Eraser catalog: 2006's "Glacial Reign." Compared to "Cave," the vocals are harsher, the whole album sounds a bit more Metal-tinged, and they really worked the slow/fast contrasts to fuck your day up. Feel the hate, motherfuckers.

Hellnation - Cheerleaders For Imperialism

Hellnation

"Cheerleads for Imperialsm" (2000)

Power Violence / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. Barricade

2. Against The Grain

3. Charged Up

4. Not Free From You

5. You're A Joke

6. Punk Or Cop

7. Selfish Shit

8. I Live My Life

9. No Truth

10. Politics

11. Nightmare

12. Fucked Up Mess

13. Greedy Motherfucker

14. Aaron Pryor

15. No Fan Of Cops

16. Not Laughing

17. College Town Revolutionary

18. Fuck The Kids

19. Shut Up

20. Shit Society

21. No Minion

22. Cheerleaders For Imperialism

23. Tunnel Vision

24. Scared Fuckup

25. Pave Your Grave

26. Consumer Might

27. Advice

28. Economic Survival

29. Kiss Of Death

Ok... This is straight up some of the fastest punk-style shit you'll find. Hellnation's first release was in 1990, so they know what they're doing, and they do it fucking well. Ten years after their conception, they came out with this 29 track warp-speed nuke of an album on Slap-A-Ham that will obliterate damn near anything you previously considered "high speed" or "high intensity." Punk-ass hyper guitars, blasting drums, hateful sociopolitical lyrics, throat-destroying screeching vocals served up by the drummer, and (in this recording) Chris Dodge (you know who he is) filling in on bass duties. You just can't go wrong. "This is punk rock not the Boy Scouts."

Municipal Waste - Waste 'Em All

Municipal Waste

"Waste 'Em All" (2003)

Crossover

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Track List:

1. The Executioner - Sweet Attack

2. Mutants Of War

3. Knife Fight

4. Drunk As Shit

5. Death Prank

6. Substitute Creature

7. Waste 'Em All

8. Toxic Revolution

9. I Want To Kill The President

10. Thrash, Don't Mind If I Do

11. Dropped Out

12. Blood Hunger

13. Jock Pit

14. The Mountain Wizard

Superbly executed Crossover/Thrash and now-legendary live shows (boogieboard included) makes this the perfect record to put on while you're skating, drinking, getting high, practicing your future 360 boogieboard stage-dives on some unsuspecting nerds, or just driving to your mom's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Hailing from Virginia, The Waste have been ripping it up since 2002. This is their first LP... Before they got clean-cut (and possibly robotic) Dave Witte to be their (semi)organic drum machine. I hope you like parties, mutants, beers, and weed.

Otophobia - Malignant

Otophobia

"Malignant" (2002)

Grindcore / Crust

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Track List:

1. Drink And Go Home

2. Welcome Home

3. The Day The Sky Fell

4. Some Things Never Change

5. Hungry Hungry Hippocrites

6. Asswinecheese

7. Axbxcx = Fukkyou

8. Hardcore Kids Have The Coolest Tattoos

9. Year Of The Buffoon

10. Thulsa Doom

11. Destroy Vaus

12. Lunar Positions And The New Age Escapists

13. Curse Humanity

14. Toolbox

15. Play It Again Sam

16. The Huddled Masses Can Suck Our Asses

17. Twenty Years

18. Sway Alone

19. God Bless This Mess

20. Arms Race 2000

21. Magellan

These guys from Philadelphia like to mix it up track-to-track. You've got your blistering Grindcore blitzes (two tracks ~10 seconds) and your raging Crust ballads (one track is ~4 mins). Fortunately for us, they can pull both off beautifully. Go find your Phobia shirts, put your dreads in a bun, and get ready to hate everyone in the scene. This was the last release on Slap-A-Ham, so you know it's gotta be good.

Man Is The Bastard - Sum Of The Men / The Brutality Continues

Man Is The Bastard

"Sum Of The Men - The Brutality Continues" (1996)

Power Violence / Sludge / Noise

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Track List:

1. Freak Machine

2. Prune Belly

3. Skull Crusher

4. Starvation Cage

5. Death's Dirge

6. Tank Killer

7. Thug

8. Bloated Subhumans

9. Idget Child

10. Kai Lai

11. Son Of Thug

12. Infibulation

13. Man Is The Bastard

14. She Boar

15. Man

16. Foreign Children (Iraqi Slaughter)

17. Pigeon Holed

18. Users

19. Remember Thy Creator

20. Priapism

21. Beast God Rape

22. Pig Kingdom Come 

23. Sensory Perception Overload

24. Unilateral

25. Alone With Labor

26. Hempire (The Ruler's Deception)

27. The Roller

28. Protein

29. In Can Sense Your Cheese

30. Think Tank Killer

31. New Toilets For Tomorrow

32. Think Tank Killer

Heavy bass-driven sociopolitical first-wave Power Violence masters. They coined the term we've all come to love, which should tell you something about how influential and innovative they are. You've got your 10G gutwrenching sludge to fast-paced punk and occasional blast-bursts... Add some harsh noise and sweet Jazzy bass riffs to top it all off. This is a Comp. with the "Sum Of The Men" LP, their "A Call For Consciousness" 7'' and a few splits. If you haven't heard these guys, you should. Right now.

Terrorizer - World Downfall

Terrorizer

"World Downfall" (1989)

Grindcore

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Track List:

1. After World Obliteration

2. Storm Of Stress

3. Fear Of Napalm

4. Human Prey

5. Corporation Pull-In

6. Strategic Warheads

7. Condemned System

8. Resurrection

9. Enslaved By Propaganda

10. Need To Live

LA based seminal Grindcore of the best variety, none of that boring shit. This album has great Death Metal style riffing mixed in and a solid machine-gun drumming that will send chronic headbangers straight to the hospital. These guys ripped it up with this album and decided to give it a rest... UNTIL NOW (or actually, just last year)! It looks like Terrorizer has decided to get back together and released an album in 2008, which I haven't heard yet. I hope they haven't forgotten how to make eardrums bleed.

Mind Eraser - Cave

Mind Eraser

"Cave" (2005)

Power Violence / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. Neutral Words

2. Thawed Out

3. Internal Dialogue

4. What Did I Do

5. Finished

6. Subtle Entities

7. Clever Lines

8. Psychotic

9. You Weren't Right

10. Last Words

11. Don't Find Me

12. Human Waste

13. Amazing Solution

14. Chewed Up, Spit Out

One of my favorite Power Violence albums to come out in recent years. They take pretty blatant queues from Crossed Out, and I love them for it. Barking vocals, depressing/pissed ass lyrics, mid-paced hardcore, sludgy riffing, start-and-stops, and peppered in blasts make for a fantastic listen. I'll up these Boston boys' 2006 album "Glacial Reign" later on.

Life's Halt - We Sold Our Souls For Hardcore

Life's Halt

"We Sold Our Souls For Hardcore" (1998)

Fastcore / Hardcore Punk

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Track List:

1. More Than Once

2. In My Face

3. Get In The Pit!

4. Why We Are

5. Headline

6. Ten Thousand Strong

7. Make It Right

8. Monster Joe

9. Appraise

LA positive Straight-Edge Fastcore with that Youth Crew feel that makes you consider learning how to 2-step... Before realizing you'd rather run in circles and try to jump over your friends' heads. These guys ripped it up. "Get in the pit you motherfuckers!"

Dystrophy - Nice Kids

Dystrophy

"Nice Kids" (2004)

Fastcore / Power Violence

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Track List:

1. Last Drop

2. Old School

3. Selfless

4. We're Nice Kids

5. Las Palomas

6. Skatin' For Satan

7. Go Vikings

8. No Trust

9. You're Naive

From the Bay Area, these kids loved Charles Bronson and Satan... So from the get-go we have that in common. Some good, fast, and relatively simple Charley-inspired Fastcore with catchy breakdowns and no copyright infringement. Check 'em out! Unfortunately, they didn't release anything else that I know of.

Edit: Apparently they released a few tracks on some comps... But I don't have them.

The Endless Blockade - Turn Illness Into A Weapon

The Endless Blockade

"Turn Illness Into A Weapon" (2004)

Power Violence / Grindcore

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Track List:

1. Fuck The 51st

2. Dummies For Role Models

3. Descent Into The Eternal Paradigm Of Brutality

4. Death Ritual

5. Bad Taste

6. Happy Families

7. Black Economy

8. Haymaker Vs. Manowar

9. Bleak Outlook

10. Barely Legal

11. Timebomb

12. Ulrike Meimhoff's Brain

13. Demographics

14. The Endless Blockade

15. Mothra

Brooding and pulverizing Power Violence from Canada. This shit is off the wall. They pull off the fast/slow transitions fantastically well; the molasses-speed sludge dirges give you time to decide what wall to punch a hole through and the fast blasts to violently convulse in rage from your broken hands. Something about dual vocals gets me going, though the high-pitch ones sound a bit airy. The album ends in the pseudo-traditional Power Violence way, with the dark, heavy, and (mostly) instrumental epic "Mothra."

Rotten Sound - Murderworks

Rotten Sound

"Murderworks" (2002)

Grindcore

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Track List:

1. Targets

2. Void

3. Revenge

4. Lies

5. Doom

6. Iq

7. Insects

8. Seeds

9. Suffer

10. Obey

11. Edge

12. Lobotomy

13. Insane

14. Agony

It seems like just about everyone loves this band. This is fresh, talented, sense-destroying, well-written, incredibly fast, consistently brutal, and truly inspiring Grindcore from Finland... There's not much more you could ask for. Listen to this, you need it.

Threatener - The Fastening

Threatener

"The Fastening" (2004)

Power Violence / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. Voice Of Cotton

2. Honey Wounds

3. Hatchet Midair

4. Rat Hunter

5. Wasp Tea

6. Howler

7. Bull Cult

8. Serving Targets

9. Meth Crawl

10. Nothing Stranger

Even faster and noisier than their previous release, "The Hammering," if you can believe that. This, like their previous recording, sounds like it was recorded inside of a dumpster... And I love it. Fast as fuck and in the same vein as Hellnation.

Discarga - Happy Night Electric Experience

Discarga

"Happy Night Electric Experience" (2001)

Fastcore / Hardcore Punk

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Track List:

1. No Limite

2. Apologia

3. Quanto Mais Ignora...

4. Imperio XXI

5. Mad Max

6. Fora De Controle

7. Talvez

8. E Isso Ai

9. Instinto

10. Norman Song

11. Fora De Sintonia

12. Parasita

13. Contra Cultura

14. Fraco

15. Disorder

16. America

17. Jogo Da Vida

18. Olho Gordo

19. Violencia Domestica

20. Police Bastard

21. Nelson Rubens

22. Trem

23. Matanca

24. Traidor

25. Rolando No Chao...

26. Verdadeiro Ate A Morte

27. Pela Ciencia?

28. Mas Tu?

29. Marcha

30. Regras

31. Rgxi

32. Corpo

33. Nosso Odio

34. Acao Direta

A furious Fastcore punk attack from Sao Paulo, Brazil. These dudes have a way of writing 30-60 seconds songs that are memorable, diverse, and way fast. The vocals fit in perfectly with the writing and, if I was better with Portuguese, would be understandable. I was floored the first time I heard this album, and it continues to be in my regular rotation after so many years. A solid partial-compilation record of a great band that I'd do sick and disgusting things to see live,  and it's not because "eu sou Brasilairo!"

Noothgrush - Erode The Person

Noothgrush

"Erode The Person" (1999)

Doom / Sludge

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Track List:

1. Stagnance

2. Deterioration

3. Sysphus Narrow Way

4. Oil Removed

5. The Slave

6. Erode The Person

7. Stasis

8. Dianoga

9. Gage

10. Darrells Porno Song

11. Useless

12. Junland Wastes

13. Starvation

You might want to put on your back and knee braces before listening to this. This is some heavy Grief-lovin' blues-riff ridden sludge. The name is taken from a Dr. Seuss character, some of the lyrical content is Star Wars inspired, and they pumped out some of the sickest, slimiest sludge around. Kudos, Noothgrush. Kudos. Warning: You will move slower while listening to this.

Das Oath - Uber Alles

Das Oath

"Uber Alles" (2003)

Fastcore / Hardcore Punk

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Track List:

1. I've Been Trying To Fuck My Life Up For Years

2. Say It Like A Sellout

3. Sunny Shores Of Beirut

4. All Signs Point To ___.

5. Street Smart

6. We Are The Champions (Queen)

7. Bush Licked

8. Blue Light Special

9. If You Feel Like An Enemy Come Follow Me

10. Drama!

11. We Ruin Fun (Have Some)

12. Fishing The Fissure

13. Leeches On The Beaches

14. Comfort Like Baseball Bats

15. Excuse You, I Only Speak Superpower

16. Electronic Battleship

17. A Letter To Heartattack

18. Bridges Over Rottendam

19. Smell The Bacon

20. Hit Parader

21. A Carefully Thought Out Bad Idea

22. Through The Crack Of Your Cage

23. We?

24. Buddy Fucker

25. Colostomy Grab Bag

26. Anomie Records Sit And Spin

27. Half Pregnant

This is a partial discography of a unique Fastcore band that's fronted by Mark McCoy of Charles Bronson fame. High pitch, nasaly vocals mixed with some fast, noisy, well-written guitar work and equally satisfying (and angst-filled) lyrics. You gotta love the between-song distortion that makes it all flow together (I love Scholastic Deth for this too) in a seamless hyper-speed punk attack. Get it.

Machine Gun Romantics - Everything So Far...

Machine Gun Romantics

"Everything So Far..." (2005)

Fastcore / Power Violence

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Track List:

1. Cookies

2. Fight The White Ninja

3. Death... And Other Problems

4. Hey... Thanks For Pointing

5. What Are Friends For Huh?

6. Chainsaw For A Hand

7. Headlock

8. Peppermint (Kill Me)

9. Keep Keep Cutting Me

10. WxTxFx?

11. Second Thoughts

12. Where's The Breakdowns?

13. Pasty White Lies

14. The Running Man Runs For Office

15. Nick Lombard vs. The Wasp

16. WWDubya

17. Nice Guys Finish Last But Assholes Get Murdered First

18. 88%

19. Pasty White Lies [Live]

20. Asstown [Live]

21. WWDubya [Live]

22. Oh For The Love Of Thrash! [Live]

23. A History Lesson [Live]

24. Pepperming [Live]

25. Asstown [Live]

26. Fight The White Ninja [Live]

27. WWDubya [Live]

28. Cookies [Live]

29. Where's The Breakdowns? [Live]

30. Headlock [Live]

31. Death... And Other Problems [Live]

32. Nice Guys Finish Last But Assholes Get Murdered First [Live]

33. Second Thoughts [Live]

34. WxTxFx? [Live]

35. Feeling Mean (Infest) [Live]

Although this doesn't include what I consider their best material (their side of the S.S.E. split), this stuff should not be missed. Four dudes from the Houston, Texas area that love Infest and Crossed Out tearing it up with fun, catchy, adrenaline-soaked Fastcore / Power Violence! Damn, this stuff gets me pumped!! If you were lucky enough to see them at the 625 Barbaric Detonation Thrash Festival in 2005 @ Gilman, you would know what I'm talking about. Get ready for tri-vocals, head lock pits, Olympic-worthy stagedives, scream alongs, and to wish they were still together. MGR fucked it up. Check out the member's newer stuff: Knuckle Scraper, Insect Warfare, Hatred Surge, 50/50, and Dark Forces.

Fasts - Fasts

Fasts

"Fasts" (2003)

Fastcore / Hardcore Punk

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Track List:

1. Lets Join Fasts Brigade

2. Stale Punk Rocker

3. Destroy XL

4. I Just Feel Like Rock

5. Police Is Police

6. Dir Or Die

7. When I Was Young (I Don't Feel Like Work)

8. Vegan Bastard

9. What's Up Lier

10. We Bust Master

11. Radical

12. ID

13. Into The Step

14. Out Of Step 2

Carpenter Ant - I Still Have The Drvie

Carpenter Ant

"I Still Have The Drive" (2004)

Hardcore Punk

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Track List:

1. You Don't Own The Road

2. Typed Out Setlist

3. Captain Firecrotch

4. Addiction

5. Clueless McCalihan

6. Get A Grip

7. Dairy Queen Is Not A Meal

8. Hoagies In A Headlock

9. You Are One Of Them

10. White Belt Warriors

11. Men In Brown

12. Later Lousbag

Look Back And Laugh - Look Back And Laugh [1st LP]

Look Back And Laugh

"Look Back And Laugh" [1st LP] (2004)

Hardcore Punk / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. This Cost We Absorb

2. Midwest Train Wreck

3. Blinders

4. Hooked

5. Hawks

6. Smear Campaign

7. Run Silent Run Deep

8. Slogans

9. Charred Flock

10. Exhaust Filled Damnation

11. Blank Compliance

12. Martyrs

13. Caste System

14. Truth And Error

Crucial Unit - Premium Iced Tea

Crucial Unit

"Premium Iced Tea" (2001)

Fastcore / Crossover

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Track List:

1. Thrashin' Is Our Business And Business Is Mediocre At Best

2. Living Room Mosh Pit

3. Baby I Don't Want To Make Out I Just Want To Circle Pit

4. Fuck Electrons

5. Communitea

6. Off The Gods

7. Boy I'm Gonna Set You On Fire And Not Say Another Fucking Word

8. Give The World A Hug

9. Punx And Skins Let's Unite Them Put Them On A Boat Send Them Off To Sea And Sink Those Fuckers

Hatred Surge - Hatred Surge

Hatred Surge

"Hatred Surge" (2005)

Power Violence / Grindcore

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Track List:

1. Horrible Mess

2. Trapped In Lies

3. Stubborn

4. Numb

5. Wolf In Idiot's Clothing

6. Creation For Destruction

7. Invisible Noose

8. Waste

9. Hand Me Down Existencia (Despise You)

A one-man band has never sounded so good. Hatred Surge (AKA Alex Hughes) pumps out 9 tracks of Despise You style Gulf Coast Grinding Violence that will fuck your day up. Uncompromising raw vocals, blazing guitar/bass work, crunchy as shit sludge sections, just a fantastic release with enough variation to keep you from wanting to listen to anything else for a few days. Hatred Surge went on to add female vocals on later releases, adding to that Despise You feel. This is the first 7'', I'll up some more later on.

Threatener - The Hammering

Threatener

"The Hammering" (2003)

Power Violence / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. Isolation King

2. Latrine Animal

3. Societal Runoff

4. Warpath to Recovery

5. Human Junk

6. Punishment Line

7. See You in the Hospital

8. Its Okay [Koro]

Crime Desire - We Hate All Life

Crime Desire

"We Hate All Life" (2005)

Power Violence / Fastcore

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Track List:

1. Chad

2. XX

3. Statistic

4. Murdering Cokeheads

5. Final Plight

6. Crime Desire

7. Curse of the Golden Pencil

8. Face The Facts

9. We Hate All Life

Siege - Drop Dead

Siege

"Drop Dead" (1984) + Tracks from "Cleanse The Bacteria" Comp. (1985)

Hardcore Punk / Grindcore

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Track List:

1. Drop Dead

2. Conform

3. Life Of Hate

4. Starvation

5. Armageddon

6. Walls

7. Sad But True

8. Cold War

9. Grim Reaper